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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalogue 
    
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalogue

PLS 359  -  American Policy Development: Politics, Institutions and Theories


Examination of the political events and ideas needed to understand the growth of American government. Study of how the change of institutional power contributed to the growth of government within our federal system. Students produce an empirical/data analysis of an important institutional aspect of American politics.

Credit Hours: 3

University Studies: Critical Reasoning
Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated.